Why “Debris” is being discussed
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direction changes leave so much agent debris behind. has a cleanup checklist worked better than another agent pass?
by quietraster · Sep 16, 2026
Is There Alien Debris on the Moon? Some Scientists Plan to Find Out
by reaperducer · Sep 16, 2026 · 2 points
These are problems with it being a smart ring RELATIVE to a smart watch. - wrist size changes far less dramatically, and even if it do change, a strap swap for a smartwatch is f…
by chabska · Sep 16, 2026
Debris from a collision on water won't spread out into millions of floating pieces that speed around faster than a bullet, ripping random ships on the other side of the world to…
by moffkalast · Sep 15, 2026
Space is huge, but being on land has some advantages too. It's true that volume grows, but satellites don't have brakes in the way that cars do, nor is there a cleanup crew that…
by eks391 · Sep 15, 2026
No. The reason this can't work is that "trashing" an orbit works by a long chain of random collisions which also put debris into different orbits at roughly the same altitude. T…
by tialaramex · Sep 15, 2026
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Debris is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier, etc. Depending on context, debris can refer to a number of different things. The first apparent use of the French word in English is in a 1701 description of the army of Prince Rupert upon its retreat from a battle with the army of Oliver Cromwell, in England. Read more on Wikipedia